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Style, Wit and Word-Play(English, Hardcover, unknown)

Style, Wit and Word-Play(English, Hardcover, unknown)

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This collection of essays is dedicated to the memory of David Hawkes (1923-2009), who is remembered as a pre-eminent translator and interpreter of Chinese literature into English, his most famous work being the translation of the classic eighteenth-century Chinese novel, the Hongloumeng or The Story of the Stone. The first part of the collection consists of studies on him and his works; the second part on the art of translation into English from Chinese literature. All the essays are written by scholars in the field from Britain, America, Australia and Hong Kong.